The remains of Richard West's home in Hidden Valley on Monday Jan. 13, 2014. Since the fire there has been questions about fire response.

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Anjeanette Damon
adamon@rgj.com

A new mutual aid agreement that streamlines the process for the Reno Fire Department and Truckee Meadows Fire Protection District to ask each other for help has been approved by the Washoe County Commission and Reno City Council.

The governments approved the agreement this week.

It's the first time the two fire departments have revisited the mutual aid agreement since the contentious fire divorce almost two years ago. ...